Aven's 3rd Birthday

July 2nd is Aven's birthday and was Baby VG 3's due date.  Since the baby decided not to arrive, we celebrated Aven's day to the max!

Started out with making cupcakes the night before with Oma.

Then ate the cupcakes for breakfast.  Of course there were candles and singing happy birthday and a few little Frozen themed presents.

The pest control guy came and found a turtle in our bushes, so we had a pet for about an hour.  Then we took said "pet" to a local hiking spot and released him.

We attempted to go for a hike, but it started to rain, so we left.

My big present/surprise was to take Aven for her first mani/pedi.  I have to admit, I thought she would like it, but her complete joy the entire time was beyond what I anticipated.  She smiled from ear to ear the whole time and kept waving over to Emrie (who had a very fun day too doing everything Aven got to do).  I was hoping that the foot massage would send me into labor.  No such luck.

Naps were in order after our big morning.  Then we waited for dad to get home and we went to dinner.  After the waiters sang to her with her stylish sombrero, Aven asked where they all went.  I guess she loved the lime light so much she was sad when they weren't singing to her any longer.  Uh oh, we have a diva on our hands.  At least she was super distracted and excited about the hat.

Then after dinner was Oma's big present/surprise.  We went to Chuck E Cheese.  I hadn't been to a Chuck E Cheese in probably 20 years so I wasn't expecting too much.  However, we ended up having a total blast; way more fun than I ever expected, and the girls loved it!

We definitely celebrated this big girl with a bang!